THE CRUCIFIX: Cato: Wood isn't thrilled w/ his role...Will depart in the summer

[omahen]

Dumping those four contracts would have cost you the late FRP that the Mavs gave up

I disagree it would cost a FRP to dump four small contracts. Options to dump those four deals:
- send a player and cash to a cap space team. Two contracts could be dumped this way (Chriss was on min deal)
- send a SRP for each contract, or even 1 SRP for two, since Chriss was on a min deal. Hardy cost 2 SRP, so two contracts could be sent while still drafting same player
- if Mavs wouldn't be cheap, they could just cut those guys and save on assets in full

To summarize - 5 mil cash and 1 SRP would account for three of those contracts. Mavs had the open roster spot, so they could just keep the fourth guy. But the bottom line. Wood was exactly like he was in previous teams. Mavs didn't want that. I am not against the trade. I am against the trade for a player they obviously didn't even want. 

Turning that into a contributor is a damned fine trade.

Oh, I didn't realize Wood was a contributor. Mavs cherish him so much, they can't wait for him to be gone.